Family, friends and football stars, past and present, remembered Dorothy Shula Thursday during a nearly two-hour funeral Mass at Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church in Miami Lakes.

Shula died Monday after a long struggle against lung and breast cancer. She was 57.

A private burial was held after the Mass.

Baskets of flowers lined the steps inside the church, and a framed portrait of Shula stood on an easel beside a heart of flowers. The Mass was attended by 700 people from all sides of her life — childhood friends to Miami Lakes neighbors to her husband’s players.

Shula, the wife of Dolphins coach Don Shula, was remembered by her husband and five children in tributes at the end of the Mass.

“I think as the world celebrates the U.S. victory in Kuwait, it correlates to her victory as she enters the gates of heaven,” son David said.

“She fought the battle as best she could,” Don Shula said. “She fought to her last day.”

The Mass was attended by several NFL friends of the Shulas. Marty Schottenheimer, the Kansas City Chiefs coach, was present. Larry Csonka, a former Dolphins fullback, flew in from Los Angeles where he was taping a commercial.

George Young, the New York Giants general manager, flew from Washington, D.C., where he was attending a meeting involving college and pro officials. Giants owner Wellington Mara also attended.

The pallbearers were: Bill Arnsparger, the former Dolphins coach and University of Florida athletic director; Monte Clark, a former Dolphins coach and executive; former Dolphins quarterback Bob Griese; family attorney Charles Morgan; Howard Schnellenberger, the former Dolphins and University of Miami coach; Tex Schramm, the former Dallas Cowboys general manager; and family friends William Stanton and Robert Zumwalt.

Some others in attendance included: Dolphins Jim Jensen, Roy Foster, Jeff Cross, Mark Clayton, James Pruitt, Kerry Glenn, Liffort Hobley, Jeff Dellenbach, Mark Dennis and Scott Secules and former Dolphins Earl Morrall, Nat Moore, Jim Kiick, Bob Kuechenberg and Nick Buoniconti.

Virtually the entire Dolphins coaching staff was present, as well as Dolphins team owners Tim Robbie and Wayne Huizenga.